Fish Sticks

Fish sticks are a fun kid-friendly meal, and they’re on the menu for later this week. The other day I updated the recipe and photo, and although you can find it in my recipe index or from the menu plan, I wanted to share it with you again because I think it is worth highlighting.

Frozen fish sticks were a treat we enjoyed occasionally before I went gluten free. Now, my family gets them on occasions when I am out of town and they need easy meals they can pop in the oven. I also make gluten-free fish sticks. It’s rare, I admit, but I have done it.

I don’t consider this to be an easy meal. Making fish sticks requires multiple steps of coating, and with the big eaters in my family, it requires a lot of fish. I find it helps to plan ahead and have easy sides to go with this. The fish sticks were enjoyable, though, and if you have a smaller family, it will go more quickly.

Coating Options

The recipe below uses gluten-free bread crumbs for coating, however, there are other options for coating the fish. I haven’t tried all of these, but many were suggested by people on Facbook when I asked for their ideas.

I make fish sticks for my kids when my husband and I have broiled or baked fish. For the fish sticks, I've used tilapia, flounder, or salmon and I always use crushed Rice Chex (really fine in the food processer) mixed with garlic powder, paprika, and parmesan cheese for the breading. They are always a hit with the kids! I do the same for fried shrimp and chicken nuggets, too.

Sounds great! Ians frozen ones are gluten-free, but not the greatest and expensive. Linda’s recipe would be less expensive and sounds like worth the time. Holly’s recipe sounds great also! Baking would be easier it seems. Thanks!

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ask your PC this, What are the health issues of farm raised Tilapia fish?
Why is it approved by the FDA and Walmart? You will never buy it again.
Just this week the FDA approved China chicken can be sold in United States again with no Inspectors in China, I will be eating beef from now on.
It stating to look like we will have to do reseach on everything walmart sells just to keep our family safe….Bob Wiley

I’m trying to find a good “fried” chicken recipe. I don’t care if it’s “oven-fried” but I miss the occasional Sunday fried chicken dinner of my childhood. Perhaps this coating method would translate well.

I just made these last night. In our household this recipe serves 3-4 depending on sides. It was delicious. I used homemade bread crumbs from a failed recipe for hamburger buns and the crumbs were a bit too big. Even so, I was delighted with the results and look forward to trying this again with other toppings! Thank you for a successful recipe.